Camille

Camille (1934)

Drama

Alexandre Dumas' romantic novel Lady of the Camelias (more popularly known as Camille) was filmed twice in 1953, first in Argentina, then in France. The Argentine film was heavily modernized, while the French version returns to Dumas' 19th-century milieu. Micheline Presle is excellent as Marguerite, the gorgeous courtesan who flits from man to man until she finds true love in the form of the much-younger Armand (Rolande Alexandre). Though he is willing to marry her despite her past, she is persuaded to forsake him, lest his reputation be ruined. The story then wends its way towards its famous tragic finale, as the consumptive Marguerite is permitted a few brief moments of happiness before her flame is permanently extinguished. Advertised as the seventh version of the Dumas classic, La Dame aux Camelias was certainly not the last.

Directors: Abel Gance, Fernand Rivers.

Casts

	Yvonne Printemps as Marguerite Gauthier
	Pierre Fresnay as Armand Duval
	Jane Marken as Prudence
	Roland Armontel as Gaston
	André Dubosc as le duc
	Armand Lurville as Saint-Gaudens
	Andrée Lafayette as Olympe
	Lugné-Poe as M. Duval
	Irma Génin as Nichette
	Renée Sénac as Nanine
	Eddy Debray as Varville
	Pierre Morin as Le docteur
	Rivers Cadet as Le marchand d'oublies
	Janine Berry as La patronne
	Christiane Isola as
	Anne-Marie Cérès as
	Noël Darzal as
	Jérôme Goulven as Un élégant
	Claude Ivane as
	Marcelle Duval as

Crew